On June 17, 2010 while in Toronto for the Book Summit, I had the opportunity to interview Canadian poet, Len Gasparini. Born in Windsor, Ontario, …

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Professor Lank is the Director Emeritus of the Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurial Studies at McGill University. He received his degree from Princeton University, and attended Université de Grenoble in France prior to a career with Du Pont International in Geneva. He returned to Canada as Deputy…

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Last night (April 22), I went to the Yellow Door to hear author Steven Manners, one my former mentors, read from his latest novel Valley of Fire. I was piqued by the passage he read, so I bought his book. It tells the story of John Munin, a rational and gifted psychiatrist who believes that the soul and psyche are interesting only in dissection. Penelope is Munin's star patient. She suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder and is particularly susceptible to Munin's searching analysis. Munin… Continue

No. Not according to Mr. Nicholas Hoare, owner of Nicholas Hoare Bookstores. Monday night (April 12th) I attended a Canadian Authors' Association meeting where he discussed the future of the publishing industry in Canada.

He said that there’s a decline in Canadian books because a lot of material falls between the cracks. Electronics are the culprits, too, as they are choking the market. However, the economy or the big book companies have nothing to do with Canadiana’s poor performance.…

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